Alabama-CoushattaNestled deep in the Big Thicket area
of East Texas lies Texas' oldest Indian Reservation, home of the Alabama
and Coushatta Indian Tribes.
http://www.ontalink.com/native_americans/alabama_coushatta.html

Alabama-Coushattas,
Texas IndiansThese are two tribes that combined to
live together, the Alabama tribe and the Coushatta tribe. Neither
tribe is originally from Texas. Both are from the Southeast -- Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia.http://www.texasindians.com/albam.htm

Alaskan
and Arctic Nations

Alaskan Native
Heritage Center
Since time immemorial, Alaska Natives have been sustained by the guiding
light of tradition. A wealth of history, wisdom and knowledge is handed
down from generation to generation, ensuring survival through the changes
and challenges of this great land.http://www.alaskanative.net/

Alaska Native
Language CenterEstablished in 1972 by state legislation as
a center for documentation and cultivation of the state's 20 Native
languages.http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/index.html

Alaska State
Council on the ArtsThe Alaska State Council on the Arts, a continuing
partnership between the public and private sectors, champions an enriched
atmosphere for lifelong participation in Alaska's rich artistic diversity.http://www.aksca.org/index.htm

Alaskan
Native ArtUnscrupulous retailers may sell imitations
as if they were authentic and crafts. As a result, unsuspecting consumers
could spend hundreds of dollars for items that are not actually made
by Alaskan Natives. If you're thinking
about buying an Alaskan Native-made art or craft item, it's wise to
invest a little time learning how these unique and beautiful objects
are made and sold.http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/alaska/

Arctic - k12 North Slope
Borough School Distric…There are ten schools in the North Slope Borough
School District. These schools are located in eight unique communities
bound together through Iñupiat cultural ties and spread out over
88,000 square miles. You will get a feeling for these communities and
their schools by visiting web sites created by their students.
http://www.nsbsd.org/

Diomede,
Alaska, Community SiteThe present Diomede village site, age unknown,
was originally a spring hunting site which was gradually inhabited as
a permanent settlement. Western explorers found the Diomede Eskimos
had an advanced culture with elaborate whale hunting ceremonies. Vitus
Bering named the islands in honor of Saint Diomede. The Native name
for the village is "Inalik," meaning "the other one"
or "the one over there".http://www.dced.state.ak.us/cbd/commdb/CF_BLOCK.cfm

Eklutna Historical ParkEklutna, Inc. an Alaska Native Corporation,
established Eklutna Historical Park in 1990 to preserve the heritage
and traditions of the Athabascan people, and to portray the rapidly
disappearing lifestyles of the Dena'ina Athabascan Indians in Southcentral
Alaska.http://www.eklutna.com

Ella
B. Vernetti School
This page will tell you something about ife in the Koyukon Athabaskan
village of Koyukuk. The pictures and stories were created primarily
by students at Ella B. Vernetti School, a Kindergarten through 10th
grade school that is part of Yukon-Koyukuk School District. Other information
was contributed by community adults and by visitors. http://koyukuk.yksd.schoolaccess.net/indexframe2.html

Inupiat Heritage CenterThe Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska
was designated an affiliated area of New Bedford Whaling National Historical
Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts to ensure that the contributions
of Alaska Natives to the history of whaling is recognized.
http://www.nps.gov/inup/

Iñupiaq
History, Language and CultureThe mission of the Iñupiat History, Language
and Culture (IHLC) division is to document, preserve, and perpetuate
the history, language and culture of the North Slope region and to ensure
that cultural issues are given appropriate consideration during the
planning process. IHLC’s actions help fulfill the borough’s founding
commitment to its Iñupiaq heritage and to protect cultural and
subsistence resources for all residents of the North Slope.
http://www.co.north-slope.ak.us/ihlc/

Natives of
the Midnight Sun
As you read through some of the stories and articles in this website,
you will notice a style and a diction you may not have seen before in
print. This is because most of the stories are orally told and in storytelling
style. As you read, you should listen for the sound of the spoken voice.http://library.advanced.org/26020/

Anishinabek
NationThe Anishinabek Nation, founded in 1949 as the
Union of Ontario Indians, is a political advocate and secretariat to
43 member First Nations across Ontario.
The Anishinabek Nation territory encompasses First Nations along the
north shore of Lake Superior and surrounding Lake Nipigon, the north
shore of Lake Huron, Manitoulin Island, east to the Algonquins of Golden
Lake (150 km east of Ottawa), and through the south central part of
Ontario to the Chippewas of Sarnia First Nation.
Tribal groups represented within the Nation include Odawa, Ojibway,
Pottawatomi, Delaware, Chippewa, Algonquin and Mississauga.http://www.anishinabek.ca/

Apache

Apache
TribeThe Anglo theory is the Apache Indian migrated
to the Southwest from Northern Canada in the 1500's. The Apache indian
history says it was the other way around, that most of the Athapaskan
speaking people migrated to the North and a few stayed in their homeland.
In any event, it is generally agreed that about 5,000 Apaches lived
in the Southwest at the end of the 1600's.
http://www.aaanativearts.com/apache.htm

Jicarilla
Apache
The Jicarilla Reservation sits on the Continental Divide, and its almost
one million acres is a variety of landscapes. The northern area of mountains,
forests, steep canyons, valleys, and many small lakes is a counterpart
to the semi-desert of the south, with its beautiful sandstone and mesas.
http://www.ausbcomp.com/redman/jicarilla.htm

San
Carlos Apache and Mt. GrahamCurrently, opinions differ among Native Americans,
particularly within the San Carlos Apache Tribe, regarding the Mount
Graham International Observatory (MGIO). While the San Carlos Apache
Tribal Council has adopted a neutral stance on the Mount Graham facility,
some members of the tribe consider the mountain (approximately 200,000
acres) to be sacred.
http://medusa.as.arizona.edu/graham/cultur.html

White
Mountain Apache Language IssuesThe White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT),
located in east-central Arizonaon 1.6 million acres, is the fourth largest
reservation in Arizona with 12,500 tribal members and is the third largest
Arizona Indian tribe in population.
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL_12.html

AthabascansThese early people are now the Ingalik,
Koyukon, Tanana, Holikachuk, Gwich'in, Han, Upper Tanana, Ahtna and
Tanaina, with Gwich'in, Ingalik and Ahtna as separate cultures. The
Athabascan, which are the largest sub-family, spread farther east across
Canada. http://www.ausbcomp.com/redman/athabascan.htm

Southern
TutchoneSouthern Tutchone, one of seven Athapaskan
languages in the Yukon, isspoken in the southwestern part of the territory.
The Southern Tutchonehave always been highly mobile. Aboriginally, they
moved about in smallgroups, annually adjusting their movements to changes
in the ranges ofcaribou or moose, to salmon runs, or to ranges of fur
bearing animals.
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ynlc/YNLCinfo/SouTutch.html

Blackfeet Indian
Nation Official SiteThe Blackfeet, once referred to as "Lords
of the Plains," continue to take part in traditional and contemporary
ways of life. Although history and culture have both mandated and allowed
change, the Blackfoot Confederacy has withstood the challenge of living
in a world that sometimes conflicts with itself and some of its people
have been able to maintain their true identity, without getting into
the blood-degree issues, which are another way of creating division
among the people.
http://www.blackfeetnation.com/

Piegan
InstituteFounded in 1987, the Institute has its national
headquarters and community-based programs on the Blackfeet Indian reservation
in northwest Montana. Our community-based objectives are to increase
the number of Blackfeet language speakers, to increase the cultural
knowledge base of community members, and to actively influence positive
community-based change. Our national objectives are to promote support
for Native language issues through advocacy and education and to provide
a voice to the national and international dialogue on Native Language
restoration.
http://www.pieganinstitute.org/index.htm

Blackfoot

Blackfoot Nation
We are members of the ancient line of Blackfoot people going back before
time. We are the traditional believers in our ancient ways that were
given to us by iits-tsi-pah-ta-pii-op - the Source of Life. We are not
members of any other organization or political party. We do not espouse
any ism and have pledged our lives to live by our old ways and beliefs.
We are, however, alive in the modern age and we use the technology of
the present era to educate relatives, our friends and ourselves worldwide.
Welcome to our web site. We invite you to come back often. We have many
interesting educational, and, spiritual gifts to offer you and your
family. Please explore our web site.http://www.blackfoot.org

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